There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

Assume there are approximately 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) people on Earth. What would you estimate to be the result, if you multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hand? (For the purposes of this exercise, thumbs count as fingers, for five fingers per hand.) If you cannot estimate the number then try to guess how long the number would be.

In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?

All of you like to eat me. I am a five-lettered word. Remove the first two and I turn into an infamous animal. Remove just the first and I become a heinous crime. Remove the first and the last and you can groove on me.

Can you guess who am I?

In a mathematical quiz, you are asked the following question:

Use three 9s in a mathematical expression without dividing or multiplying to form the number one.

Can you answer the question?

When a clock is observed, the hour hand is at a minute mark and the minutes hand is six minutes ahead of it.

When the clock is observed again after some time, the hour hand is precisely on a different minute mark and the minute hand is seven minutes ahead of it.

Can you calculate how much time has elapsed between the two observations?

How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?

A Child was born in Lahore, Pakistan.

Still child is not a Pakistani citizen.why ?

John named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third Charlie and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son's name?